Concept mapping as a formative assessment in college classrooms: Measuring usefulness and student satisfaction

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 2099-2104

  Buldu, Mehmet ^a   Buldu, Nihal ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Fayoum University   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; formative assessment; satisfaction; teacher education; usefulness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957720818     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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